> -----Original Message----- > From: Dirk Heinrichs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 August 2005 08:18 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why? > > > Am Dienstag, 16. August 2005 09:00 schrieb ext Ralph Slooten: > > > Yeah, there are other files scattered throughout the > filesystem owned by > > me. Some are due to being compiled as me, and installed as root > > If they were installed as root, they would be owned by root. > The reason must > be another. But since / is owned by you, it would have been > possible to > also "make install" as that user.
Could it have something to do with axllent being in the portage group and the latter being left with its default access rights? (running as root) -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
